The Masked Man, already marked, was no longer a threat in Minato's eyes.
He used the Body Flicker Technique to close in and pressed his hand against the Masked Man's body.
"This is... a Contract Seal." The Masked Man understood. "You intend to separate me from the Nine-Tails."
"This way, the Nine-Tails will no longer belong to you." The instant Minato finished speaking.
In the distance, the eyes of the Nine-Tails rampaging through Konoha changed from the Three-Tomoe Sharingan into slit pupils.
Having dealt with the Deva Path and Asura Path, Anyo picked a direction and charged straight toward it.
Anyo had activated his Soul Division Technique the moment Pain decided to stop him. He was not Jiraiya, who had lacked intelligence; naturally, he knew Pain's identity inside out. However, he did not yet know how many Pains had been created, so he naturally needed to locate the real body in advance.
Inside a towering tree made with the Shikigami Technique, Nagato said to Konan beside him, "Both Pains have been destroyed. He's coming. Leave, now."
Konan stubbornly shook her head. "I'm not leaving. Let him come. I have some things to ask him anyway."
Before long, the barrier outside shattered, and Anyo, his body wreathed in lightning, burst straight through the tree hollow and appeared before them.
Konan immediately spread her arms and shielded Nagato.
Holding the Unintentional Blade, Anyo slowly approached them. His gaze was utterly calm as he looked at Nagato and said, "I gave you a chance. You were the one who rejected it."
Before Nagato could speak, Konan spoke first. "Teacher, don't you have anything to say to me?"
"No," Anyo said indifferently.
"You don't, but I do." Konan's usually cool face grew agitated, and her eyes reddened slightly as she said, "Why did you